Two slumping political figures met in a symbolic embrace in Lille, France, on Saturday, but it was not clear whether the encounter would lift the faltering fortunes of either Stephen K. Bannon or Marine Le Pen.

Mr. Bannon, the former chief strategist for President Trump, was warmly applauded when he addressed the party congress of the anti-immigrant National Front, led by Ms. Le Pen. Striding angrily about the stage, he delivered a populist pep talk to a crowd still smarting from Ms. Le Pen’s crushing defeat in last year’s presidential election.

He was a surprise, last-minute guest, and his fiery speech, delivered in English through a sometimes faltering translator, stole the show from Ms. Le Pen.

A crowd that did not fill the auditorium rose to its feet, delighted that Mr. Bannon had attacked a political and economic establishment that has been the object of scorn and hatred in National Front doctrine for nearly 50 years.

“The central government is debasing your citizenship, and the big capitalists are debasing your personhood,” Mr. Bannon said. He told the crowd it should welcome being attacked by its opponents.

“Let them call you racists. Let them call you xenophobes. Let them call you nativists,” he said. “Wear it as a badge of honor.”

When Mr. Bannon singled out “the opposition party media” — the “running dogs of the global elite” — and called on them to identify themselves, the crowd of National Front activists booed and hissed the journalists present.

Two slumping political figures met in a symbolic embrace in Lille, France, on Saturday, but it was not clear whether the encounter would lift the faltering fortunes of either Stephen K. Bannon or Marine Le Pen.

Mr. Bannon, the former chief strategist for President Trump, was warmly applauded when he addressed the party congress of the anti-immigrant National Front, led by Ms. Le Pen. Striding angrily about the stage, he delivered a populist pep talk to a crowd still smarting from Ms. Le Pen’s crushing defeat in last year’s presidential election.

He was a surprise, last-minute guest, and his fiery speech, delivered in English through a sometimes faltering translator, stole the show from Ms. Le Pen.

A crowd that did not fill the auditorium rose to its feet, delighted that Mr. Bannon had attacked a political and economic establishment that has been the object of scorn and hatred in National Front doctrine for nearly 50 years.

“The central government is debasing your citizenship, and the big capitalists are debasing your personhood,” Mr. Bannon said. He told the crowd it should welcome being attacked by its opponents.

“Let them call you racists. Let them call you xenophobes. Let them call you nativists,” he said. “Wear it as a badge of honor.”

When Mr. Bannon singled out “the opposition party media” — the “running dogs of the global elite” — and called on them to identify themselves, the crowd of National Front activists booed and hissed the journalists present.

Dear Young Ignorant Leftist Quisling Vypr, .. the people are NOT 'Neo-Nazis'. YOU and other filthy LEFTISTS like yourself are trying to put that label on them, and Bannon is very much correct, as the people are LOSING their countries in Europe and witnessing the destruction of their very own culture due to IRRESPONSIBLE immigration policies, .. and it is being forced on the European people.

Two slumping political figures met in a symbolic embrace in Lille, France, on Saturday, but it was not clear whether the encounter would lift the faltering fortunes of either Stephen K. Bannon or Marine Le Pen.

Mr. Bannon, the former chief strategist for President Trump, was warmly applauded when he addressed the party congress of the anti-immigrant National Front, led by Ms. Le Pen. Striding angrily about the stage, he delivered a populist pep talk to a crowd still smarting from Ms. Le Pen’s crushing defeat in last year’s presidential election.

He was a surprise, last-minute guest, and his fiery speech, delivered in English through a sometimes faltering translator, stole the show from Ms. Le Pen.

A crowd that did not fill the auditorium rose to its feet, delighted that Mr. Bannon had attacked a political and economic establishment that has been the object of scorn and hatred in National Front doctrine for nearly 50 years.

“The central government is debasing your citizenship, and the big capitalists are debasing your personhood,” Mr. Bannon said. He told the crowd it should welcome being attacked by its opponents.

“Let them call you racists. Let them call you xenophobes. Let them call you nativists,” he said. “Wear it as a badge of honor.”

When Mr. Bannon singled out “the opposition party media” — the “running dogs of the global elite” — and called on them to identify themselves, the crowd of National Front activists booed and hissed the journalists present.

The Nazis were bad because they started massive wars and massacred millions of Jews and Slavs and others. You understand that, right?

They aren't considered demons of history because they opposed immigration.

None of this is real. Come on. From the micro (you're all Russian bots) to the macro (we're in a simulation of the past from some rich kid in 2813), let's just all agree that our lives are a beautiful fiction.

They wanted to slaughter Jews, right? Kills some slavs. Take over the world. Yadda, yadda, yadda.

None of this is real. Come on. From the micro (you're all Russian bots) to the macro (we're in a simulation of the past from some rich kid in 2813), let's just all agree that our lives are a beautiful fiction.

So because it happened, then we can apply the label to any other group and say "it happened before! Be careful of this group!"

But then when Stu or Archie claims that Obama is a Stalinesque communist who will purge his political enemies, that's just silly, right?

But it's the same thing.

None of this is real. Come on. From the micro (you're all Russian bots) to the macro (we're in a simulation of the past from some rich kid in 2813), let's just all agree that our lives are a beautiful fiction.

But then when Stu or Archie claims that Obama is a Stalinesque communist who will purge his political enemies, that's just silly, right?

Of course it is .. Archie and Stu are borderline vegetables. . . Are you telling me that you abandon reason and give equal weight to all who make outlandish comments or do you instead consider the source..

There's a growing number of Flat Earthers out there.. Do you value their opinion?

Any group that espouses similar concepts as does this group with Nazis should be viewed with caution. How could you not?

Of course it is .. Archie and Stu are borderline vegetables. . . Are you telling me that you abandon reason and give equal weight to all who make outlandish comments or do you instead consider the source..

There's a growing number of Flat Earthers out there.. Do you value their opinion?